Carriage-pole tip



(No Model.)

N. E. SPRINGSTEEN.

CARRIAGE POLE TIP.

No. 341,698. Patented May 11, 1886.

glial.; maf@ UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEo NELSON E. SPRINGSTEEN, OFDETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CARRIAGE-POLE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'. No. 341,698, dated May1l, 1886. Application filed February 25, `15586. Serial No. 193,101. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, NELSON E. SPRINGSTEEN, of Detroit, in the county oflVayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Pole Tips o1' Sockets; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad totheaccompanyingdrawings, which forni a part of thisspeciication.

This invention relates to certain new and novel improvements inpole-tips, and is especially designed as an improvement upon LettersPatent No. 316,671, issued to rneApril 2S, 1885.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and application of arotating dog pivotally secured and partially concealed within the tip,and providing means for securing the eye of the neck-yoke upon-the endof the pole against accidental displacement, all as more fully hereinset forth.

Figure l is a vertical central longitudinal section ofV my improveddevice, showing the eye of the neck-yoke secured thereon. Fig. 2 is aside elevation showing the lock in position tor receive the neck-yoke.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents a tipiron of the ordinary construction, such as are usuallyemployed upon the poles of buggies and the lighter class of carriages,and is provided With the holdback-ilange B. In the under side of theiron A in front of the iiange B is cut or formed a slot, a, throughwhich the stop O is partially inserted in the iron, and pivotallysecured therein by a pin, b, which passes through a curved slot, c, andthe side walls of the tip-iron. rlhis stop C consists of a platepreferably of the form shown, having the semblance of a circular platewith a portion cutaway upon lines at right angles to each other, andforming the lock-arm D and stoparm E, the edge of the platediametrically opposite the arm D being provided with a curvedprojection, F.

In practice, before the end of the top or pole is inserted in the eye ofthe neck-yoke the stop is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2, thestop or plate partially rotating upon the pin b. As the tip or pole isinserted in the eye G of the neck-yoke, such eye strikes against the armD, causing the stop to assume the position shown in Fig. the eye of theneckyoke being between the stop-arm E and the flange I3. As the straightedge of the arm D is intended to project slightly beyond the face of thetip, the weight of the pole is supported by this arm resting in the eyeof the neck-yoke, thereby preventing an accidental reverse turn of thestop upon its pin,while at the same time it pushes the stop forward, theslot c admitting of such movement, until the point F has engaged withthe front end of the slot a in the iron or tip, as is clearly shown inFig. l.

Should one or more of the traces become unfastened from thewhifiietrees, itwill be seen that the neck-yoke cannot slip off the endAof the pole, as the eye of the neck-yoke would strike against thestop-arm E, the point F impinging against the front end of the slot a,the morermly locking the stop-plate in position.

To remove the neck yoke, the operator pushes the stop-plate -slightlyrearward until the point F thereof will pass through the slot (L of thetip,when the neck-yoke can easily be slipped off.

By my previousconstruction the holdbackiron and the rocking bolt or hookare liable to be broken by extra or sudden strain, and pressure on saidhook is liable to disengage the point ofthe same from the socket in theholdback-iron. In the present construction I avoid these defects,forming the stop with the arms D E at right angles to each other, andthe side of the top or plate diametrically opposite the arm I) with aprojection, F, which engages the wall of the tip-iron. It will be seenthat by this construction the socket in the holdback-iron is dispensedwith, and the stop impinges against the walls of the slot in thetipiron.

Vhat I claim as my invention is* l. In combination with a pole tip orsocket, a rotating stop partially concealed within such socket inadvance of the holdback-iiange, said stop being provided withlocking-arms orprojeetions diametrically opposite each other, or

nearly' so, and impngng againstrthe said tip angles to each other, andlock F, diametrically independent of said h01dbackf1ange,substanoppositeY the arm D, when constructed, arro tially as and for thepurposes set/forth. ranged, and Operating substantially in the man- 2.In combination with a pole tip or socket ner and for the purposesdescribed. 5 provided with a holdback-ange, B, a par- NELSON E.SPRINGSTEEN. v

tially-rotating stop pivotally secured in such l Vitnesses: socket inadvance of said flange B, and pro- H. S. SPRAGUE, vided with the arm D,stoparm E, at right EDMOND SCULLY. i i

